Meeting with Mr. Darko Horvat, Minister of Economy

Topics at the meeting included issues covered by three AmCham’s position papers ’State of Play of Digitization in Croatia and Development of Artificial Intelligence’, ‘Recommendations for the Development of Medical Tourism in Croatia’ and ‘Recommendations for Increasing the Efficiency of the Court Register’.

Digitalization od public institutions and economy is an opportunity for Croatia. AmCham believes that the most efficient way to digitalize Croatian society would be through a single state body with clearly defined authority and a budget. Also, during the Croatian Presidency over the EU Council in 2020 digitalization and artificial intelligence should be set as one of the priorities of the Presidency.

Tourism has the largest share in the Croatian GDP and represents the most promising branch of the economy. Share of health tourism in the overall share of tourism activities is modest. Measures should be undertaken to position Croatia on the international level as a desirable destination for health and medical tourism. 

The court register system in Croatia, despite legislative changes and adjustments so far, still does not work optimally in terms of speed and efficiency. Some of the difficulties include complex procedures for registration and liquidation of companies, failure to comply with deadlines, inconsistencies between practices of court registers and officers, and finally disconnect within the system in practice. AmCham has issued a number of uggestions for improvement of the court register system in its position paper.